16th-century Nigerian women

Hausa Muslim Warrior Queen of Zazzau

thumb|Bronze Head of Queen Idia, one of four from the 16th century ([[Ethnological Museum of Berlin)]]

kanem-Bornu Empire politician

Ajiun Orompotoniyun, better known as Orompoto (also spelled Oronpoto) was an Alaafin of the Oyo Empire in West Africa, the first female Alaafin to be precise. The empire of which she ruled is located in what is modern day western and north-central Nigeria.

igala princess